ZoomPur Jus2024
Léo DirringerAlsace, France
About this wine
Léo Dirringer is the fourth-generation winemaker at the family Domaine Ruhlmann-Dirringer north of Colmar in Alsace. After studying oenology in Montpellier and Switzerland, where he discovered natural wines, he persuaded his parents in 2017 to convert the 14-hectare estate to organic farming and launched his own range alongside the family's traditional bottlings. Pur Jus is a three-grape blend (50% Sylvaner, 30% Auxerrois, 20% Riesling), all direct-pressed for spontaneous fermentation and aged 13 months in concrete vat. The cellar protocol on every Léo Dirringer bottling is the same: wild-yeast fermentation, unfiltered, no added sulphur. 12% alcohol gives an unpushed, brisk, mineral Alsace white that runs counter to the regional cliché of weight and overt aromatics.
Winemaking
All three varieties direct-pressed. Spontaneous (wild-yeast) fermentation. Élevage 13 months in concrete vat. Unfiltered, no added sulphur. Certified AB organic.